Fire-hose reel



No. 622,067. I Patented Mar. 28, I899. J. S. PATTERSON.

FIRE HOSE REEL.

(Application fil ed Jan. 29. 1898.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheat-l.

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J. s. PATTERSON.

FIRE HusE REEL.

(Application filed Jan. 29, 1898.)

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JOHN S. PATTERSON, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE REVERERUBBER COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FIRE-HOSE REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,067, dated March28, 1899.

Application filed January 29, 1898. Serial No. 668,401. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN S. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and

a resident of Chelsea, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Hose Reels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to hose-reels of the class adapted to be mounted.within buildings and supplied with hose permanently connected with awater-supply and it is in the nature of improvement upon the apparatusshown in the patents of William T. Y. Schenck, No. 416,863, datedDecember 10, 1889, and No. 446,745, dated February 17, 1891, my objectsbeing to simplify such reels, render them more compact, lessen theirweight, and reduce the number of parts and the cost of manufacture, asWell as the liability to get out of order.

In the Schenck patents the reel apparatus supported on a fixed bracketswings from side to side in a stuffing-box connection with a branch ofthe stand-pipe which supplies the water, and the reel proper, having astuffingbox sleeve with threaded lateral stem to which the hose isalways coupled, revolves freely around alined pipe-sections within saidsleeve and connected tubularly with the water-supply. My primaryimprovements relate to these tubular connections and consist in acontinuous vertical stem integral with a doubly-offset hollow headhaving diverging arms, the sleeve in which said stem turns beingconnected to thestand-pipe branch by a union-coupling, also in flattenedtubular side arms made continuousthat is, without joint or interposedcoupling between thev points where the axial pipe and the water-supplypipes enter said side arms at the inner face of their respective ends.The axial water-pipe is a continuous tube of uniform external diameterthickened internally at its ends, where it fits into integral sockets atthe extremities of the flat side arms, the central portion of said tubehaving radial openings for wator-passage between its thickenedlongitudinal ribs, while the surrounding stuffing-box sleeve has aninwardly-extending ring bearingon said tube at each side of suchopenings to support the packing, one of said rings sockets to receiveand hold the ends of the several reel-bars, together with metallictierods running through longitudinal grooves or perforations in theseveral reel-bars and extending through said rings and disks, withtightening-nuts on their extremities, also a flexible or frangible hookor like device engaging the disk to prevent premature uncoiling of hose,but adapted to yield under slight strain without unfastening in case offire.

. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a top plan,of one of the improved reels shown mounted in position for use. Figs. 3and 4 are sections, on an enlarged scale, taken, respectively, on line 33 of Fig. 1 and line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are longitudinal andtransverse sections of the flattened side arm. Fig. 7 is a plan of theaxial tube of the reel proper, and Fig. 8 a detail section of thereel-bar support. Fig. 9 is a vertical section through the supporting=bearings, showing the integralhead and stem; and Fig. 10 represents thesemicircular gland.

A represents the wall-bracket or other support for the apparatus, and Athe hollow extremity thereof, forming an open socket to receive andsupport the flanged sleeve B of a stuffing box connected by aunion-coupling D with a branch of the stand-pipe. C is the continuoustubular stem or Vertical axis of the reel, havinga partial rotation inand water-tight connection with such sleeve B. Said stem C has anoutstanding collar 0 to support it in sleeve B and. is formed integralwith the doubly-offset hollow head 0', from which extend in oppositedirections the short pipe-sections 0 either integral with or separatefrom said head C and leading to right and left at different heightsabove said head, the side arms converging therefrom to a common plane,as they do in the Schenck patent, No. 446,745.

The coupling-nut D, Figs. 1 and 9, screws upon the externally-threadedlower end of the flanged sleeve 13, and the apparatus is thus united tothe branch pipe or water-supply pipe R by a simple union-joint. vPacking surrounds the tubular stem C above its collar 0 and within therecessed upper portion of the sleeve 13. Such packing is compressed toform a watertight joint by a peculiar gland Z) Z), made in twosemicircular parts, which may be introduced laterally and are forceddown upon the packing by screwbolts b through marginal flanges.

The side arms E are flattened cast-metal tubes of equal capacity withthe pipe-sections c and each arm has on its inner face, atone end, athreaded hub e, by which it is secured to its respective pipe-section 0The outer end of each arm has on its inner face a plain circular hub(2', formed to exactly fit upon the end of the axial water-pipe F whenthe reel proper is introduced between said arms by springing theirextremities slightly apart. The joints so formed will be suitablypacked, if required. A tierod G extends axially through the pipe F, andtightening-nuts G are screwed upon its threaded extremities where theyprotrude through the arms E. The axial water pipe F, which thus connectsthe extremities of the two side arms E, is a continuousexternally-eylindrical tube, preferably of a brass composition finishedsmoothly and thickened internally at its ends to permit making arabbeted joint with the hubs e of the side arms. The central portion ofpipe F is formed with a series of openings f as water-passages betweenlongitudinal bars f, integral with the pipe and thickened internally, soas to connect the end portion of the pipe firmly and resist end pressurethereon without destroying its externally-cylindrical character.

The stuffing-box sleeve H, which surrounds the axial pipe F, has at eachside of the openings fan internal ring or thickened portion h bearingupon said pipe,while the remainder of its interior is of greaterdiameter to afford annular space for the packing i, which is compressedagainst the rings h by the annular glands I, tightened thereon by screwsthrough ears or flanges in the parts. (See Fig. 2.) To preventlongitudinal displacement of the sleeve H and permit its proper rotarymovement with the reel around pipe F, I form an annular groove j, Fig.3, in the inner face of one of the bearing-rings h, and I extendoutwardly through the wall of pipe F a radial stud or screw J, the tipof which enters the groove j and holds the parts in the desired relationto each other. The sleeve 11 has midway of its length a lateral tubularstem I-l, externally threaded to permit the end coupling of thereel-hose to be screwed and permanently retained thereon during use ofthe apparatus. The screw J is readily introduced through this tubularstem and inserted by an ordinary screw-driver or a stud may be drivenin.

The reel proper has certain novel features. It is composed of two broadsheet-metal disks K, preferably of steel, perforated at intervals forornamentation and lightness and mounted on the pipe F at its outer ends,cast-metal rings L, fixed to the inner faces of said disks and formedwith equidistant sockets L opposite to each other, reel-bars M,preferably of wood, longitudinally grooved in their inner faces, as atm, and fitting endwise into the sockets L, and tie-rods N, occupying thegrooves m in the reel-bars, extending endwise through the disks K withinthe raised out lines of the sockets and furnished terminally with nuts11. to hold the various parts firmly together. To this list may be addedsmaller rings 0, fixed to the outer faces of the disks and each formedwith an annular flange 0, extending through the central opening in thedisk to bear upon the axial pipes F. Two of the reel-bars M are somewhatcut away in their adjacent edges about centrally, as indicated in Fig.4, to facilitate attaching the hose (not shown) to the threaded stem II.The stuffing-box H H revolves with the reel around the axial pipe F inceiling and uncoiling the hose, which is permanently attached to thestem. H. A chain P is connected to one of the side arms E and terminatesin a flexible wire hook p, engaging in one of the perforations of thedisk K to prevent the premature uncoiling of the hose and yet allowit tobe quickly extended in case of fire without stopping to unfasten it.

I claim as my invention 1. In a hose-reel having a tubular,watersupplying frame, continuous, tubular side arms formed with integralterminal hubs without intermediate joint, in combination withwater-supply pipes entering the inner end of said arms, a continuouscylindrical axial pipe connecting the outer end of said arms and havingcentral water passages therefrom, and a rotatable reel with centralstufiing-box mounted on said axial pipe to receive water therefrom,substantially as set forth.

2. In a hose-reel, a tubular, water-supply ing frame, comprisingdiverging water-supplying pipes, a continuous cylindrical axialdelivery-pipe with a central lateral opening therefrom, and continuous,flattened tubular side arms respectively connecting the extremities ofsaid supply-pipes to the axial delivery-pipe without other joint than attheir ends, in combination with the hose-supporting reel mounted forrotation upon said delivery-pipe between said arms, substantially as setforth.

3. In a hose-reel having a tubular, watersupplying frame, a continuous,cylindrical, axial water-pipe around which the reel proper rotates, suchpipe having lateral water-passages through its walls midway of itslength,

in combination with a stufling-box sleeve surrounding said axial pipeand formed with a lateral tubular threaded stem for hose connection andwith inwardly-extending bearing-rings as an inner support for thepacking, suitable packing and pressure glands being provided,substantially as set forth.

4. I11 a hose-reel having a tubular, watersupplying frame, thecontinuous, cylindrical, axial pipe F formed with central radialopenings f through the walls and stout integral bars f between them, andprovided with a radial stud or screw J fixed in and extending outwardlybeyond the tube-wall, in combination with the tubular sleeve Hsurrounding pipe F, formed with the hose-connecting tubular stem H andwith inwardly-extending rings h each side of the opening f, one of saidrings being formed with an annular groove to receive the protruding tipof said stud or screw, substantially as set forth.

5. In a hose-reel having a tubular, watersupplying frame, the reelproper, comprising broad sheet-metal disks K and metallic rings L on theinner faces of said disks provided with equidistant sockets, incombination with reel-bars M fitting endwise in said sockets and groovedlongitudinally along their inner portions, and with tie-rods located insuch grooves, extending through said rings and disks, and havingterminal heads or nuts outside of said disks, substantially as setforth.

6. In a hose-reel apparatus, the continuous tubular stem 0 having aradial collar 0 midway of its length and, at its upper end, the

doubly-offset hollow head 0 integral with such stem and collar andprovided with diverging pipes c, in combination with the bracket Asupporting a flanged stuffing-box sleeve having a union-coupling at itslower end, and with the gland 2) serving to compress the packing aroundsaid stem 0, sub- Signed by me, at Boston, Massachusetts,

this 21st day of January, 1898.

JOHN S. PATTERSON.

WVitnesses:

A. H. SPENCER, R. P. ELLIOTT.

